Deltawerken online
www.deltawerken.com
Since 1998 Deltawerken Online exists, a site about the
Deltawerken (“Deltaworks”) that stemmed from that year’s Thinkquest competition.
Job van de Sande, a 22-year old student from Zeeland, was one of the initiators
and manages the site ever since. In recent years water and water management
became important subjects. From the questions and visitors’ feedback it appeared
that there was much need for more extensive information than offered on the
site. A good water policy is necessary to tackle problems. Better information
about durable water management and further societal involvement and
participation will be needed to come to solutions. That’s why Job wanted to
extend the information on the site to a broader level of water and water
management. With the help of Digitale Pioniers a new site has been developed
that now offers high level information with an international
character.
Final Products
The site
www.deltawerken.com consists of 500 pages filled with all sorts of content, in
Dutch as well as in English. Through texts, photos, films, animations, newspaper
articles, maps, etc. Deltawerken shows that water management is more than just
raising dikes. There is much more at stake, like security, economy, employment,
nature, and recreation. With the CMS pages are easy to publish, without further
knowledge of programming languages. Via interactive applications it’s possible
to become a member of the website. This enables one to mail to the forum. These
members are linked to the newsletter module which eases the communication with
them.
Impact
For the long term several new options are already mapped
out, like, for instance, alternative translations, the adding of webcams, or the
commercialization of some parts of the site. Apart from that, one thinks about
founding a few semi-autonomous teams of volunteers who can work on different
aspects like fundraising, development, or quality and maintenance.
This project was executed between February 2004 and February
2005.
Contact
Stichting Deltawerken online
Job van de Sande
www.deltawerken.com
